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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gmPrP93TRA For now, I am done with social media. Nobody seems to care or appreciate the effort. But I will continue, albeit in a reduced capacity, to post…
Did you see me yesterday at the Koshien Stadium 100th Anniversary Celebration?
Photo sources: https://koshien.hanshin.co.jp/classic_series_2024/ https://news.ntv.co.jp/category/sports/79a2b568dade4aeb8aaa449cd7ba2bb0 https://hochi.news/articles/20240801-OHT1T51271….
A call out to my friends and colleagues, visual and multimodal anthropologists, cultural anthropologists, photographers & sake and tachinomiya lovers in Tokyo and the surrounding area; VAoJ is making a rare appearance in Tokyo for a special lecture:「The Intersections of the Sensory, Multimodal and Ba: The Tachinomi Project」Please share and spread the word…
Check it out! July 17, 2024, 18:00-19:30 Room 402, 4F, Building 2 Sophia University, Tokyo Abstract:「The Tachinomi Project」is a visual ethnography based upon the con- vergence of social…
Standing Drink Bar「Tenbun」Old Boys Reunion 立ち呑みの居酒屋「天文」O.B. 会
We were on the bus, traveling through the borderlands between Osaka and Kyoto Prefectures when the imojōchū began to kick in. We had just finished an hour-and-a-half of…
Announcement: New Book Release「Teaching Japan: A Handbook」
Teaching Japan: A Handbook. Ioannis Gaitanidis and Gregory S. Poole, eds. 2024. Japan Documents (MHM Limited, Tokyo). For more information: https://www.mhmjapandocuments.com/copy-of-handbook-of-j…
Announcement: VAoJ @Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture 上智大学比較文化研究所「The Tachinomi Project」July 17, 2024
Dowload flyer here: https://www.icc-sophia.com/_files/ugd/2edff9_6a975eb58ccc4236ad4014881870fc43.pdf SOPHIA UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF COMPARATIVE CULTURE: https://www.icc-sophia.com/
Announcement:「A Primer on Deaf Communities in Japan: Identity, Sign Language and Diversity」@YCAPS, Getting to Know Japan Webinar (via Zoom) — Thursday, June 20, 2024 at 19:00 (JST)
Accesss the meeting link here: https://www.ycaps.org/gtkj-a-primer-on-deaf-communities-japan The program format is 30 minutes of lecture and 30 minutes of discussion. Of course it will be impossibl…
Oh, what a difference a day (or, rather, a night of strong wind and rain) makes…
Yesterday: Today: Bonus Shot:
“Anthropology society apologizes to Ainu people over past actions”
Image and text from The Japan Times, 4/5/24. The Japanese Society of Cultural Anthropology has apologized and expressed its regret over its past research approach when dealing with…
The Concept and the Actual Product: An Artist of Noodle Cups, I Am Not…
Cup Noodles Museum, Ikeda, Osaka, Japan: https://www.cupnoodles-museum.jp/en/osaka_ikeda/
NEW! @VAoJ: RESOURCES I RECENTLY LEARNED ABOUT AND NEED TO LOOK AT…
A way too long overdue update on the blog… But I am too lazy to put them in proper categories. So much good stuff is out there and…
Yes! “Cover your coughs and sneezes to protect yourself and others.”
Photo from Japan Today, 3/13/24. “Good Manners” Picture of the Day at Japan Today (3/13/24). Caption reads: A poster on the wall of a subway station in Tokyo…
The Photo Exhibition Has Ended… Thank you for your interest, support, coming to see our photos, talking with us, filling out our survey, sipping the sacred sake and eating the treats… If you couldn’t come, or you want more, we will be presenting at the KGU IRI Forum on 2/22/24.
So many came out to the exhibition – friends, colleagues, matsuri experts, former students, new students, new friends (including interested passersby) … Thank you so much! We are…
明日から写真展始まります! Photo Exhibition Starts Tomorrow!
Matsuri 「Through Multi-sighted Photographies」 A Photo Exhibition by Lucile Druet and Steven C. Fedorowicz 祭り 「多視点からの写真を通して」 ルシル ドルーエとスティーブン C. フェドロウィツによる写真展 2024 Febr…
「Matsuri」 Photo Exhibition Accessibility and Barrier-free Information 「祭り」 写真展 アクセシビリティ・バリアフリーについて
Matsuri 「Through Multi-sighted Photographies」 祭り 「多視点からの写真を通して」 2024 February 10 (Sat) ~ 13 (Tues) 2024年2月10日(土) ~ 13日(火) 11:00 – 18:00 (last day / 最終日は 11:00 – 16:00) JARFO Art…
Wired! Walking to the printer’s shop on a crisp sunny day to pick up our photo panels…
We have photos to be exhibited! The photos have been blurred so as not to ruin your Photo Exhibition Experience. Matsuri 「Through Multi-sighted Photographies」 祭り 「多視点からの写真を通して」 2024 February…
Only 2 Weeks Until… / まであと2週間…
Photo Exhibition 写真展 Matsuri 「Through Multi-sighted Photographies」 祭り 「多視点からの写真を通して」 2024 February 10 (Sat) ~ 13 (Tues) 2024年2月10日(土) ~ 13日(火) 11:00 – 18:00 (last day / 最終日は 11:00 –…
Sketch Art Exhibition::「立呑み絵日記」 (Standing Bar Diary) by Syuhei Shibukawa
Photo courtesy of Syuhei Shibukawa via his Facebook. I learned of this exhibition through the 関西酒場研究会 (Kansai Bar Study Group) on Facebook. Syuhei Shibukawa likes to go to tachinomiya,…